GERMANY
HESSEN STATE
ENODIS/POSSECKERI BONEBED
LAMERDEN
UPPER MUSCHELKALK
FASSIAN/LONGOBARDIAN BOUNDARY SUBSTAGE
LADINIAN STAGE
UPPERMOST MID TRIASSIC EPOCH
LATE MIDDLE TRIASSIC
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: AMPHIBIA LINNAEUS, 1758
SUBCLASS: LABYRINTHODONTIA OWEN, 1860
SUPERORDER: TEMNOSPONDYLIA ZITTEL, 1887
MICROORDER: LIMNARCHIA YATES & WARREN, 2000
ORDER: CAPITOSAURIA ROMER, 1947
Superfamily: CAPITOSAUROIDEA Watson, 1919 (sensu Romer, 1947)
Family: MASTODONSAURIDAE Lydekker, 1885
Mastodonsaurus cf. giganteus
ORDER: PLAGIOSAURIA NILSSON, 1939 EMEND PANCHEN, 1959
Superfamily: PLAGIOSAUROIDEA Jaekel, 1913 (sensu Kuhn, 1965)
Family: PLAGIOSAURIDAE Jaekel, 1913
Subfamily: PLAGIOSAURINAE Abel, 1919
Gerrothroax or Plagiosuchus
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945
SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860
GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994
ORDER: PACHYPLEUROSAURIA SANZ, 1980
Family: PACHYPLEUROSAURIDAE Nopcsa, 1928
Anarosaurus sp
Neusticosaurus cf. edwardsii
Neusticosaurus cf. pusillusORDER: NOTHOSAURIFORMES STORRS, 1991
SUBORDER: EUSAUROPTERYGIA TSCHANZ, 1989
INFRAORDER: NOTHOSAUROIDEA BAUR, 1889
Superfamily: NOTHOSAURIA Baur, 1889
Family: NOTHOSAURIDAE Baur, 1889
Nothosaurus mirabilis
Nothosaurus spParanothosaurus giganteus
Superfamily: SIMOSAUROIDEA Gervais, 1859 (sensu Rieppel, 2000)
Family: SIMOSAURIDAE Gervais, 1859
Simosaurus gaillardoti
INFRAORDER: PISTOSAUROIDEA BAUR, 1887-90
Superfamily: PISTOSAUROIDEA Baur in Zittel, 1887-1890 (Edinger, 1935)
Family: PISTOSAURIDAE Baur in Zittel, 1887-1890
Pistosaurus longaevus
INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
ORDER: THALATTOSAURIDAE MERRIAM, 1904
SUBORDER: THALATTOSAUROIDEA MERRIAM, 1904
Family: THALATTOSAURIDAE Merriam, 1904
Blezingeria ichthyospondylus
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: AVEMETATARSALIA BENTON, 1999
COHORT: PROLACERTIFORMES CAMP, 1945 NOVA
MAGNORDER: PROTOROSAURIA HUXLEY, 1871
SUPERORDER: TAPINOPLATIA PETERS EMEND NOVA
GRANDORDER: CHARACIOPODA PETERS EMEND NOVA
Family: TANYSTROPHEIDAE Geravis, 1858
Tanystropheus conspicuus
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GERMANY
HESSE STATE
ERFURT-HOCHHEIM
MUSCHELKALK
MID TRIASSIC EPOCH
MIDDLE TRIASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945
SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860
GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994
ORDER: NOTHOSAURIFORMES STORRS, 1991
SUBORDER: EUSAUROPTERYGIA TSCHANZ, 1989
INFRAORDER: NOTHOSAUROIDEA BAUR, 1889
Superfamily: NOTHOSAURIA Baur, 1889
Family: NOTHOSAURIDAE Baur, 1889
Nothosaurus sp
= Paranothosaurus sp
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